The 26th IEEE International Symposium on
Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines

The IEEE Symposium on Field Programmable Custom Computing
Machines (FCCM) is the original and premier forum for presenting
and discussing new research related to computing that exploits
the unique features and capabilities of FPGAs and other
reconfigurable hardware.
For 25 years, FCCM has been the place to present papers on
architectures, tools, and programming models for field
programmable custom computing machines and applications that use
such systems. Papers are solicited on the following topics
related to Field Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCMs):

Paper Formats

FCCM will accept 8-page papers for oral presentation and 4-page
short papers for short oral and poster presentation. Authors are
encouraged to submit preliminary work using the 4-page
format. This category is intended for new projects and early
results. These submissions will be accepted one week later than
the 8-page papers. Do not submit the same work to both streams.
All submissions should be written in the English language. An
online submission link will be available on the FCCM website on
the
Submission Page. Papers must
meet the IEEE guidelines to be reviewed and published; links to
templates are at the FCCM website.

Review Process

FCCM uses a double blind reviewing system. Manuscripts must not
identify authors or their affiliations. Authors are encouraged
to cite their own work but must not implicitly identify
themselves. For example, references that clearly identify the
authors ("We build on our previous work...") should be written
as "This work builds on XYZ [cite]" where [cite] is the real
reference. Do not put a "deleted for double-blind" entry in the
reference section. (Without proper references to the prior work,
reviewers will not be able to determine the contribution of the
submission.) In the case of widely-available Open Source
software, authors should embrace the website(s) but not claim to
own them. Authors should also remember to mask grant numbers and
other government markings during the review process. Papers that
attempt to identify authors or leverage prior work or
institutional support for a competitive advantage in the peer
review process will not be considered.

Best Paper Award and a Special Section for the Best FCCM 2018 Papers in ACM TRETS

FCCM 2018 will continue the tradition of having a best paper
award. We will also invite the authors of the best papers to
extend their work to be considered for publication in a special
section of ACM's Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and
Systems (TRETS) for FCCM 2018. Send in your best work for
consideration!

Special Note to Authors

At least one author of each accepted submission is expected to
attend the conference and present their work. Failure to
present in person at the conference will result in the removal
of the submission from IEEE Xplore.
Across all topics (and especially for application papers)
successful manuscripts will include sufficient details to
reproduce the results presented. Application papers should not
just be an implementation of an application on an FPGA, but
should show how reconfigurable technology is leveraged by the
application, and should ideally contain insights and lessons
that can be carried forward into future designs. CAD papers that
focus on the configurable nature of custom computing machines
are encouraged.